THE REPUBLICAN LIBERTY 999 CAUCUS OF FLORIDA
2025 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
The Republican Liberty Caucus is a national grassroots organization working to advance the principles of individual rights, limited government, and free markets.
For thirty years the Republican Liberty Caucus has been the strongest, most consistent voice for these principles within the Republican Party. Many Republicans talk about these principles, but the RLC has taken the lead in promoting Liberty candidates and advocating for Liberty legislation. We believe that less government means more liberty and we work through state and local chapters, and with our member activists all over the country to oppose government excess and demand accountability to the American people and the Constitution.
These principles have been the determining factor in the preparation of this legislative package. We call upon the members of the Florida Legislature to abide by these same principles as they decide the future of the great State of Florida and impact the lives of millions of Floridians.
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2026 LEGISLATIVE SESSION PROPOSED LEGISLATION
The Republican Liberty Caucus is a national grassroots organization working to advance the principles of individual rights, limited government, free markets, and personal freedom and responsibility.
For over twenty years, the Republican Liberty Caucus has been the strongest and most consistent voice for these principles within the Republican Party. Many Republicans talk about these principles, but the RLC has taken the lead in promoting Liberty candidates and advocating for Liberty legislation. We believe that less government means more liberty, and we work through state and local chapters and with our member activists all over the country to oppose government excess and demand accountability to the American people and the Constitution.
These principles have been the determining factor in the preparation of this legislative package. The Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida is proposing legislation for the 2026 Florida Legislative Session that reflects these core values and provides real policy solutions to rein in government overreach and protect individual freedom. We call upon the members of the Florida Legislature to abide by these same principles as they decide the future of the great State of Florida and impact the lives of millions of Floridians.
Second Amendment Preservation and Protection
The right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental, God-given right recognized by both the U.S. Constitution and the Florida Constitution. This right serves as the cornerstone of liberty, empowering individuals to safeguard their other natural rights. We firmly oppose any legislation that infringes upon this right.
• We support Constitutional Open Carry
• We support Campus Carry.
• We support restoring the rights of 18, 19, and 20-year-olds to purchase firearms from a licensed dealer.
• Florida’s red flag law, as currently written, constitutes a gross violation of Floridians’ due process rights and should be amended or repealed.
✅Proposed RLCFL Bill:
An act relating to security of buildings.
1: providing definition of term “Adequate Security”.
2: requiring the Attorney General to adopt rules relating to required signage on buildings.
3: providing exclusions to liability in certain circumstances. (Government employees can carry but assume total liability and excludes Government from liability of its employees who use their weapon while on duty for government.)
4: permitting specified employers to allow employees to carry a concealed handgun in certain circumstances.
5: providing that the carrying of a concealed handgun is not prohibited in public areas of state or local government buildings unless specified criteria are met. (Either they provide adequate security, or they allow the citizen to provide their own security while in government buildings.)
Campaign Finance Reform
Florida’s election law allows for the creation of “Political Committees” (PCs) and “Election Communications Organizations” (ECOs), which can be run by industry and trade groups, unions, special interest organizations, as well as elected officials and candidates. Notably, when operated by elected officials and candidates, these PCs and ECOs function independently from their campaign accounts. They are permitted to receive unlimited contributions and incur unlimited expenditures to support the election or re-election of specific candidates, effectively nullifying campaign contribution limits.
Furthermore, PCs and ECOs can contribute to one another, which creates a channel for unlimited contributions to candidates’ PCs or ECOs, complicating voters’ ability to trace the origins of campaign funding for public office.
It is crucial to address the “legal laundering” of millions in special interest contributions through these entities. We advocate for legislation that would ban the transfer of funds between PCs, ECOs, political parties, and related party committees.
We are proposing legislation to restore integrity and transparency to our political system. By prohibiting the transfer of funds between political organizations, we reduce the risk of hidden financial influence, strengthen accountability, and ensure that contributions are spent as intended by donors. Floridians deserve a political system where every dollar is traceable, and every expenditure is transparent.
✅ Proposed RLCFL Bills:
1. A bill to be entitled: An act relating to campaign financing; creating s. 106.38, F.S.; prohibiting certain transfers of funds between political organizations; providing an effective date.
This legislation creates section 106.38, Florida Statutes, to prohibit the transfer of funds from political committees and electioneering communications organizations to other political entities. Specifically, it disallows these entities from transferring funds to other political committees, electioneering communications organizations, political parties, or affiliated party committees. The measure is designed to enhance transparency in campaign finance and takes effect July 1, 2026.
2. A bill to be entitled: An Act relating to political advertisements; creating s. 106.1433, F.S.; prohibiting the use of an individual’s image or likeness in political advertisements without consent; providing definitions; providing penalties; providing an effective date.
This legislation prohibits the use of any individual’s photograph, picture, likeness, video, or other visual representation in any political advertisement or campaign-related communication without that individual’s express written permission. The bill includes exceptions for a candidate’s immediate family members and provides civil penalties for violations. It aims to protect individuals from being misrepresented or exploited for political purposes without their consent.
3. A bill to be entitled: An act relating to political contributions by utility companies; creating a subsection to 106, F.S.; prohibiting certain utility companies from making contributions or expenditures to political committees, parties, or candidates; providing definitions; providing penalties; providing an effective date.
This legislation creates a subsection to Chapter 106, Florida Statutes, to prohibit government-monopolized utility companies—including investor-owned, municipal, and cooperative utilities with exclusive territorial rights—from making political contributions to candidates, political parties, political committees, or electioneering communication organizations. It also prohibits these entities from using ratepayer funds—directly or indirectly—for political purposes.
Medical Freedom and State Sovereignty
We uphold Florida’s state sovereignty as guaranteed by the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, giving the states the authority to nullify any federal statute, regulation, agency order, or executive order that exceeds constitutional limits.
Sovereignty over one’s body is the most fundamental of fundamental human rights
All medical decisions are made by the individual or designated representative, or the parent of a minor child.
Furthermore, we reject the jurisdiction and implementation of any laws, policies, proposals, or action plans from the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the CDC, the Florida Department of Health, or the World Economic Forum—whether from non-governmental or intergovernmental agencies—that violate the personal sovereignty of US Citizens over their own bodies, or that violate any provision of the U.S. Constitution or the Florida Constitution.
Section 381.00315, Florida Statutes, outlines the Florida Department of Health’s role in managing public health emergencies. Subsection (2)(a) currently requires Florida’s public health emergency plan to integrate and coordinate with federal government plans. Subsection (2)(c) also mandates that emergency response procedures align with federal standards, when available.
These requirements potentially restrict Florida’s ability to act independently, especially in scenarios where federal guidance may conflict with state interests, delay action, or lack relevance to Florida-specific concerns.
✅Proposed RLCFL Bill:
Bill Title: An Act Relating to Public Health Emergency Management Statute Amended: Section 381.00315, Florida Statutes Bill Purpose: This legislation removes mandatory alignment with federal government plans and standards in Florida’s public health emergency response. It restores decision-making authority solely to Florida’s health officials and public health institutions by:
· Striking the requirement that Florida’s emergency plans be integrated with federal public health emergency management programs.
· Deleting the mandate that Florida follow federal standards during emergencies.
This bill would affirm Florida’s right to create and implement emergency public health policies based on its own priorities, expertise, and public health conditions, rather than automatically deferring to Washington, D.C.
Growth Management
The Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida strongly opposes legislation that undermines local control and silences community voices—such as the Live Local Act. We believe that decisions impacting growth, development, and quality of life should be made by local leaders who understand their communities best and are directly accountable to the people they serve. Top-down mandates from Tallahassee that preempt local zoning authority erode the principles of self-governance, diminish public input, and threaten the rights of citizens to shape the future of their neighborhoods. We stand for limited government, home rule, and the protection of individual liberties—and we call on lawmakers to restore decision-making power to where it belongs: with the people and their locally elected representatives.
✅Proposed RLCFL Bill:
A bill to be entitled: Local Control and Infrastructure Integrity Act of 2026
The purpose of this legislation is to reaffirm the principle of local self-governance in land use decisions, ensuring that new development is aligned with available infrastructure and fiscal responsibility. While the Live Local Act was intended to increase affordable housing, its implementation has removed meaningful oversight from local communities and shifted infrastructure costs onto taxpayers. This bill corrects those imbalances by restoring local decision-making authority, mandating transparency, and requiring accountability for both infrastructure and tax base impacts.
This legislation doesn’t repeal the Live Local Act—it fixes its blind spots. It restores the local decision-making, infrastructure planning, and fiscal discipline Florida communities need to grow sustainably and fairly.
Election Security
We advocate for further reforms to strengthen election security in three essential areas of our election system. These measures would strengthen voter roll maintenance through enhanced address validation and citizenship verification requirements. They bolster election security by implementing proper software verification and paper-based backups. Finally, the proposed reforms increase transparency through expanded audit requirements and public access to election records. These practical improvements will help modernize and secure our election infrastructure while maintaining public confidence in the process.
✅Proposed RLCFL Reform:
- Voter Roll Integrity & Registration
- • Valid residential address requirements
- • Proof of citizenship
- • GIS/USPS address validation
- • Change log requirements
- • Voter Challenge clarifications
- Voting Systems Security
- • Paper backup requirements for e-poll books
- • Hash verification requirements
- • Prohibition of remote access software/updates
- Transparency & Auditing
- • Pre-certification audits
- • Public access to election data
- • Preservation of audit logs and ballot images
- • Undervote/overvote manual counting